The program was held at the Wankhede Stadium and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was present on the occasion. Also in attendance were several of the PMs Cabinet colleagues, apart from chief ministers of BJP-ruled states and those governed by its allies.
There is a lot of curiosity about Devendra Fadnavis - he is the second youngest chief minister of Maharashtra after Sharad Pawar who became Chief Minister when he was 38. When he was just 21, Fadnavis had become the youngest corporator of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation. Subsequently, he became Nagpur's youngest mayor at 27. That way, he was second youngest mayor elected in India.
Fadnavis holds a law degree from Law College, Nagpur, and also a post graduate diploma in Business Management and a diploma in Project Management from the DSE Foundation in Germany.
Unhappy with the treatment meted out to it by the BJP, former ally Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray had decided to boycott but, he changed his mind after a last minute call by party President Amit Shah – this has set off speculations that a possible rapprochement between the two estranged Hindutva parties could be on the cards.
With BJP now both at the center as well as the state, expectations are high that development projects would get a boost because there would be no need to face the arm twisting tactics of allies. This had hampered innumerable development work in Maharashtra.
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